The Sensitivity and Specificity of Fine-Needle Aspiration in Thyroid Neoplasia

Georgescu Rareș; Oprea Adela Luciana; Contra Alexandra; Hanko Orsolya Bauer; Colcer Ioana; Coroș Marius Florin

doi:10.1515/jim-2017-0047

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine (Jun 2017)

The Sensitivity and Specificity of Fine-Needle Aspiration in Thyroid Neoplasia

Georgescu Rareș,
Oprea Adela Luciana,
Contra Alexandra,
Hanko Orsolya Bauer,
Colcer Ioana,
Coroș Marius Florin

Affiliations

Georgescu Rareș: Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Oprea Adela Luciana: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Contra Alexandra: Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Hanko Orsolya Bauer: Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Colcer Ioana: Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania
Coroș Marius Florin: Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș, Romania

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0047
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 2
pp. 127 – 131

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Objective: To evaluate and demonstrate the accuracy of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) in thyroid lesions in our department and to highlight probable causes of errors leading to unsatisfactory sampling, which may depend on the characteristics of the nodule.

Published in Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

ISSN: 2501-8132 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/JIM

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